For a minute there after leaving Roxy Music, Brian Eno was poised to become one of the era’s most glam-tastic superstars. He’s captured here venturing to outer regions with the Winkies.
Category: Brian Eno
David Byrne :: The Catherine Wheel, ’81
Revisiting David Byrne’s score to “The Catherine Wheel” (1981). Like Remain In Light and Bush of Ghosts, Byrne rides a similar aesthetic groove, mining funk, African poly-rhythms, processed vocals and the avant-garde, all underscored by a potent sense of urgency
Brian Eno Interviewed On KPFA’s Ode to Gravity, February 1980
Go ahead and clear the next two hours. In 1980, Berkeley radio KPFA’s “Ode to Gravity” host, Charles Amirkhanian, sat down with Brian Eno to discuss the various aspects of […]
David Bowie :: Boys Keep Swinging (Lodger, 1979)
Speaking of Brian Eno collaborations , last week at the Echo, Sylvia’s between-band DJ set included “Boys Keep Swinging,” my favorite track off Bowie’s Lodger LP. Culled from the third and final installment of Bowie’s […]
Everything That Happens Happens Today
As I am sure many of you reading are aware, last week David Byrne and Brian Eno’s first collaboration in nearly three decades hit the digital marketplace in the form of their new LP […]